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SUMMARY:MHA Workforce Summit 2025
DESCRIPTION:Growing and sustaining the healthcare workforce continues to be one of the highest priorities for MHA and its member organizations. Join colleagues across the healthcare continuum to learn ways to retain and grow your current workforce.\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast\n\n9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks\n\n\n\n	Steve Walsh\, President & CEO\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association\n	Michael J. Dandorph\, President & CEO\, Tufts Medicine\n\n\n9:15 a.m. Brief Address: Workforce Commitments in the Face of Federal Challenges \n\n\n	Lauren Jones\, Secretary\, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development \n\n\n9:35 a.m. Keynote Presentation: Navigating Cultural Flashpoints in the Workplace\n\n\n	Dawn Solowey\, Partner\, Seyfarth Shaw\n	Kristin McGurn\, Partner\, Seyfarth Shaw\n	Ramona Nichols\, Vice President\, Employee and Labor Relations\, Mass General Brigham\n\n\n10:15 a.m. From Insight to Action: Implementing Solutions for Cultural Flashpoints\n\n\n	Dawn Solowey\, Partner\, Seyfarth Shaw\n	Ramona Nichols\, Vice President\, Employee and Labor Relations\, Mass General Brigham\n	Ben Hoerner\, Associate General Counsel\, Boston Children's Hospital\n	Moderator: Kristin McGurn\, Partner\, Seyfarth Shaw\n\n\n10:45 a.m. Networking Break\n\n11:00 a.m. Resilience in Action: Nurturing Teams Through Uncertainty and Change\n\n\n	Jenella Coutts\, Human Resources Project Administrator\, South Shore Health\n	Sucheta Doshi\, Chief Wellbeing Officer\, Boston VA System\n	Lauren Healey\, Director\, Human Resources\, Encompass New England\n	Chloe Slocum\, M.D.\, Director of Health Policy\, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital\n	Moderator: Lauren DeSimon\, Sr. VP & Chief Human Resources Officer\, Southcoast Health\n\n\n12:00 p.m. Lunch with breakout tables\n\n1 p.m. Bridging Policy and Practice: How the Nursing Council for Workforce Sustainability is Transforming Nursing Workforce Planning in Massachusetts\n\n\n	Jay Prosser\, R.N.\, Executive Director\, Nursing Council for Workforce Sustainability\, ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School\n\n\n1:30 p.m. The Talent Pipeline: Building Tomorrow's Healthcare Workforce\n\n\n	Jaime Cesnickas-Doane\, R.N.\, Director of Nursing Professional Development\, UMass Memorial Medical Center \n	Kelly Aiken\, Director of Workforce Development and Planning\, UMass Memorial Health\n	Tammy B. Retalic\, R.N.\, Executive Vice President\, Lunder CareForce Institute\, Hebrew SeniorLife\n	Joanne Pokaski\, AVP Workforce Planning and Development\, Beth Israel Lahey Health\n	Moderator: Puneet Freibott\, R.N.\, Chief Nursing Officer\, Beth Israel Lahey Health\n\n\n2:15 p.m. Cultivating Culture: Creating Environments Where Teams Thrive\n\n\n	Michelle O'Rourke\, R.N.\, Chief Nursing Officer\, UMass Memorial\n	Liz Smith\, R.N.\, Chief Nursing Officer\, Franciscan Children's\n	Jackie Somerville\, R.N.\, Chief Nursing Officer Southcoast Health\n	Joanne Miller\, R.N.\, Chief Nursing Officer\, Baystate Health\n	Moderator: Nancy Gaden\, R.N.\, Chief Nursing Officer\, Boston Medical Center\n\n\n3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjourn
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Growing and sustaining the healthcare workforce continues to be one of the highest priorities for MHA and its member organizations. Join colleagues across the healthcare continuum to learn ways to retain and grow your current workforce.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<a href="https://www.mhalink.org/event/mha-workforce-summit-2025/" style="font-family: arial\; font-size: 14px\;">Register Now</a><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Agenda</strong></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>8:30 a.m.&nbsp\;Registration and Breakfast</strong></span></span><br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">9:00 a.m.&nbsp\;Opening Remarks</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<div>\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Steve Walsh\, President &amp\; CEO\, Massachusetts Health &amp\; Hospital Association</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Michael J. Dandorph\, President &amp\; CEO\, Tufts Medicine</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">9:15 a.m.&nbsp\;Brief Address: Workforce Commitments in the Face of Federal Challenges&nbsp\;</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Lauren Jones\,&nbsp\;Secretary\, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development&nbsp\;</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">9:35 a.m. Keynote Presentation: Navigating Cultural Flashpoints in the Workplace</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Dawn Solowey\,&nbsp\;Partner\, Seyfarth Shaw</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Kristin McGurn\,&nbsp\;Partner\, Seyfarth Shaw</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Ramona Nichols\,&nbsp\;Vice President\, Employee and Labor Relations\, Mass General Brigham</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">10:15 a.m. From Insight to Action:&nbsp\;Implementing Solutions for Cultural Flashpoints</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Dawn Solowey\,&nbsp\;Partner\, Seyfarth Shaw</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Ramona Nichols\,&nbsp\;Vice President\, Employee and Labor Relations\, Mass General Brigham</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Ben Hoerner\,&nbsp\;Associate General Counsel\, Boston Children&rsquo\;s Hospital</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Moderator: Kristin McGurn\, Partner\, Seyfarth Shaw</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">10:45 a.m. Networking Break</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">11:00 a.m. Resilience in Action:&nbsp\;Nurturing Teams Through Uncertainty and Change</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Jenella Coutts\, Human Resources Project Administrator\, South Shore Health</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Sucheta Doshi\, Chief Wellbeing Officer\, Boston VA System</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Lauren Healey\,&nbsp\;Director\, Human Resources\, Encompass New England</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Chloe Slocum\, M.D.\, Director of Health Policy\, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Moderator: Lauren DeSimon\,&nbsp\;Sr. VP &amp\; Chief Human Resources Officer\, Southcoast Health</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">12:00 p.m.&nbsp\;Lunch with breakout tables</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">1 p.m.&nbsp\;Bridging Policy and Practice: How the Nursing Council for Workforce Sustainability is Transforming Nursing Workforce Planning in Massachusetts</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Jay Prosser\, R.N.\,&nbsp\;Executive Director\, Nursing Council for Workforce Sustainability\, ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">1:30 p.m. The Talent Pipeline:&nbsp\;Building Tomorrow&rsquo\;s Healthcare Workforce</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Jaime Cesnickas-Doane\, R.N.\,&nbsp\;Director of Nursing Professional Development\, UMass Memorial Medical Center&nbsp\;</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Kelly Aiken\,&nbsp\;Director of Workforce Development and Planning\, UMass Memorial Health</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Tammy B. Retalic\, R.N.\,&nbsp\;Executive Vice President\, Lunder CareForce Institute\, Hebrew SeniorLife</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Joanne Pokaski\, AVP Workforce Planning and Development\, Beth Israel Lahey Health</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Moderator: Puneet Freibott\, R.N.\,&nbsp\;Chief Nursing Officer\, Beth Israel Lahey Health</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">2:15 p.m. Cultivating Culture:&nbsp\;Creating Environments Where Teams Thrive</span></span></strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Michelle O&rsquo\;Rourke\, R.N.\, Chief Nursing Officer\, UMass Memorial</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Liz Smith\, R.N.\,&nbsp\;Chief Nursing Officer\, Franciscan Children&rsquo\;s</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Jackie Somerville\, R.N.\, Chief Nursing Officer Southcoast Health</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Joanne Miller\, R.N.\,&nbsp\;Chief Nursing Officer\, Baystate Health</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Moderator: Nancy Gaden\, R.N.\, Chief Nursing Officer\, Boston Medical Center</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">3:00 p.m.&nbsp\;Closing Remarks and Adjourn</span></span></strong></p>\n</div>\n
LOCATION:MHA Conference Center
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URL:https://business.burlingtonchamberofcommerce.org/events/details/mha-workforce-summit-2025-8221
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